Jasná Páka is a Czech rock band formed in 1981 by Michal Ambrož and Vladimír "Dáda" Albrecht. The group was banned in 1984, and most of its members subsequently founded the group Hudba Praha. In 2008, Jasná Páka reformed, with a new lineup. Hudba Praha continues to play as a separate group to this day. Jasná Páka has released one studio album, as well as several live and compilation albums. Ambrož died in 2022.
History
Jasná Páka was formed in 1981 by Michal Ambrož and Vladimír "Dáda" Albrecht. In its first incarnation, the band also included
David Koller
David Koller (born 27 September 1960) is a Czech musician and record producer.
Career Music
Koller started his career in the early 1980s as the drummer of Jasná Páka and has also played in various other bands, including Žentour, Pusa, and ...
on drums, Jan Ivan Wünsch on bass, as well as Bohumil and Vladimír Zatloukal on guitars. They were rounded out by a duo of "screaming" female backing vocalists, Zdena Pištěková and Markéta Vojtěchová.
In 1984, Jasná Páka was banned from performing in public. Ambrož wanted to continue playing music, but rather than going underground with Jasná Páka, he retired the original name and formed the group
Hudba Praha
Hudba Praha was a Czech rock band formed in 1984 by :cs:Michal Ambrož, Michal Ambrož, after his previous band, Jasná Páka, was banned by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Communist government of Czechoslovakia. The group was active unti ...
. Koller and Bohumil Zatloukal left to join 5P (
Luboš Pospíšil's band), and Albrecht decided to dedicate himself to painting. Wünsch, Vladimír Zatloukal, Vojtěchová, and Pištěková remained with the new group.
In 2008, Michal Ambrož and Vladimír Zatloukal reformed Jasná Páka with a returning David Koller, adding new members, and six years later, they released their debut (and to date, only) full-length studio album, ''Černá deska''.
Ambrož died on 31 October 2022.
Band members
Current
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David Koller
David Koller (born 27 September 1960) is a Czech musician and record producer.
Career Music
Koller started his career in the early 1980s as the drummer of Jasná Páka and has also played in various other bands, including Žentour, Pusa, and ...
– drums, vocals
* Vladimír Zatloukal – guitar
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Petr Váša
Petr Váša (born 7 February 1965 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech poet, rock singer-songwriter, experimental actor, artist and educator. In 1985 he founded his first band called ''Z kopce'' (Czech "downhill"). From 1999 he performed with ''Ty ...
– vocals
* Marek Minárik – bass
* Radovan Jelínek – keyboards, guitar, vocals
* Pavla Táboříková – backing vocals
* Magdaléna Krištofeková – backing vocals
Past
* (died 2022) – vocals, guitar
* Vladimír "Dáda" Albrecht – vocals
* Jan Ivan Wünsch – bass
* Karel Malík – saxophone, vocals
* Bohumil Zatloukal – guitar
* Zdena Pištěková – backing vocals
* Alena Daňková – backing vocals
* Markéta Ambrožová – backing vocals
* Petra Studená – backing vocals
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Černá deska'' (2014)
Live albums
* ''Jasná páka'' (1985)
* ''25 pecek'' (2007)
* ''Černá deska + Stará vlna s novým obsahem'' (2014)
Compilations
* ''10 let Hudby Praha/Jasná páka'' (1992)
* ''Jasná páka – od začátku do konce'' (2001)
Demos and other albums
* ''Jasná páka – Nashledanou'' (1985)
* ''Jasná páka'' (1990)
References
External links
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Czech rock music groups
Czech punk rock groups
Musical groups established in 1981
1981 establishments in Czechoslovakia
Musical groups reestablished in 2008
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